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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stylus” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
stylus939746(None) 
styles94418651styles
solus54726982s_olus
stales65538292stales
stalks104614552stalks
stalls64019932stalls
status65515212status
steles63725662steles
stiles64328772stiles
stills64118572stills
stilts67915312stilts
stoles63927672stoles
stulls63912982stulls
styes86316522sty_es
stylar9358112stylar
style85519362styl_e
styled105613102styled
styler94013302styler
stylers10359352stylers
stylet94018572stylet
stylets10369212stylets
styli83911172styl_i
stylise10208952stylise
stylish13197442stylish
stylist102110282stylist
styluses11204772styluses
sulus54821882s_ulus
sylis84316022s_ylis
talus55423262_talus
tolus55024482_tolus

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551302.50033020.4
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691302.84362853.0
 
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